Korg is again conspiring to use up all my free time by creating an updated version of the Monotron with a built in sequencer/drum machine. There was no way I was going to be able to resist attempting a web version of this and so here it is:

The graphics took longer than I thought so the synth is pretty un-optimised and doesn’t sound any better than my Webotron. The drums are way off and it’s probably missing a lot of functionality but there should be enough to give you an idea of what the real thing is capable of.

Update:
Thanks to Tatsuya Takahashi at KORG the following changes have been made:

– Sequencer completely re-written.
– Gate time now recorded with each step.
– In flux mode gating is still driven by the step timing.
– LFO range set to 1-5KHz for fast and 0.05-20Hz for slow/1shot.
– LFO depth increased to +/- 8octaves for both pitch and cutoff.
– Cutoff knob range altered.

I still have some changes to make for the EG/LFO reset triggering when not in flux mode that I’ll get to soon.

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They look nice , but can’t get them to work at all ? Chrome ( latest ) OSX 10.6.6
Java all up to date too .
Will these run as java apps with out a browser too ? If so I would love to grab a link to test these out .

Your work is really inspiring. Java in the browser for audio hasn’t surprised me for a long time.

@DBM – works okay for me in Chrome 10.0.648 on Windows 7; I wouldn’t be surprised if the problem for you was Apple’s less than stellar / no longer supported Java implementation. Wait – how do you have Java “all up to date?” I didn’t think they had an updated version of Java available for Mac.

Nice little synth collection (I’m the author of the original Internet Synth, 1996):
There’s a line to clean up in your Java though, or maybe some debug code to comment out:

Exception in thread “Thread-13” java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.io.FilePermission /home/smith/temp/debug.wav write)
at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:374)
at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:546)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:532)
at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkWrite(SecurityManager.java:962)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:169)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:131)
at com.sun.media.sound.WaveFileWriter.write(WaveFileWriter.java:128)
at javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem.write(AudioSystem.java:1337)
at synth.SynthHost.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)

Kia ora! Great sounding toy. I completely dismissed the monotribe when I saw it. Kinda dull, lacking usb or midi… I have played with that emulation quite a lot last night, and I thought that such a synth is so much fun! Now, let’s cross fingers, and hope that Korg will implement midi/usb to it before it comes out…
Anyways, congrats, you’re also demonstrating on your way that emulations can be very good ways to get a first impression on the hardware before the user decides to purchase it.
Cheers, keep up the awesome work!
Ben

Hi Shannon, here we go again!
As always, great work!
Like last time here are a few pointers from the engineer that will make it closer to the real thing:

– gate time can be recorded for each step.
– when in flux mode gating still happens with respect to step timing not note on.
– EG resets at start of every step if flux is off.
– EG resets at note on if flux is off.
– LFO resets same as EG except when mode is set to SLOW in which case it is free running.
– LFO range is wider than the monotron. 1Hz-5KHz@fast, 0.05-20Hz@slow, 0.05-20Hz@1shot.
– LFO depth is huge, something like +/- 8oct for both pitch and cutoff.
– the cutoff knob has wider range: inaudible to inaudible.

Almost forgot… I was kinda bummed that korg made the iElectribe without making a computer version. Just sayin, lol. It doesnt have to be VST, and so many people would be stoked if there was a browser version.

I just wanted to say thanks very much for making such a fun to play with emulation of this great product from Korg. Definitely makes me want to have a hands on play with the hardware version soon! I’ve been playing with the browser version for ages since I discovered it recently.

Hey there, I really love your Webotribe…it is the one thing that makes me want to get the real deal. It is a great idea tool.

Recently I have run into a problem where I cant play your Webotribe anymore. I have checked to see is my Java was active and up to date and it is. I don’t know what the issue is. When I click on the Webotribe link it just gives me a black screen with some type to ask me to check your other synths. Non of your synths work for me for some reason.